diff --git a/include/sled/strings/utils.h b/include/sled/strings/utils.h
index e6ea79c..b5e8aeb 100644
--- a/include/sled/strings/utils.h
+++ b/include/sled/strings/utils.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ std::string TrimLeft(const std::string &str,
                      const std::string &chars = " \t\n\r");
 std::string TrimRight(const std::string &str,
                       const std::string &chars = " \t\n\r");
+bool EndsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &suffix);
+bool StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &prefix);
 
 }// namespace sled
 #endif//   SLED_STRINGS_UTILS_H
diff --git a/src/strings/utils.cc b/src/strings/utils.cc
index 54ee93f..ef66646 100644
--- a/src/strings/utils.cc
+++ b/src/strings/utils.cc
@@ -65,4 +65,18 @@ TrimRight(const std::string &str, const std::string &chars)
     return str.substr(0, end);
 }
 
+bool
+EndsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &suffix)
+{
+    return str.size() >= suffix.size()
+        && str.compare(str.size() - suffix.size(), suffix.size(), suffix) == 0;
+}
+
+bool
+StartsWith(const std::string &str, const std::string &prefix)
+{
+    return str.size() >= prefix.size()
+        && str.compare(0, prefix.size(), prefix) == 0;
+}
+
 }// namespace sled